มีโครงสร้างการจัดกลุ่มหลัก 3 ประเภทที่มีอยู่ใน VBA พร้อมความแตกต่างระหว่างดัชนี
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ตัวอย่างที่ใช้งานจริงของความแตกต่างระหว่างดัชนี:
Public Sub vbaCollections()
    Dim c As New Collection     '1-based index
    c.Add Item:="a", Key:="1"   'index 1; Key must a String
    c.Add Item:="b", Key:="2"   'index 2
    c.Add Item:="c", Key:="3"   'index 3
    Debug.Print c.Count         '3;   Items in index sequence: a,b,c, Keys: "1","2","3"
    Debug.Print c.Item(1)       'a;   not available for Dictionaries
    'Debug.Print c.Key("1")     'invalid, so is: c.Key(1)
    c.Remove Index:=2
    Debug.Print c.Count         '2;   items in index sequence: a,c, Keys: "1","3"
    'c.Remove Item:="c"         'invalid, so is: c.Remove Key:="3"
    'c.Add Item:="c", Key:="3", Before:=1   'Key must be unique - Error
    c.Add Item:="c", Key:="5", Before:=1    'allows duplicate Item
    Debug.Print c.Count         '3;   items in index sequence: c,a,c, Keys: "5","1","3"
End Sub
Public Sub vbaArrays()
    Dim a() As Long, b(3) As Long   'Arrays default to "Option Base {0 | 1}"
    Dim c(0 To 0)                   'if "Option Base" not defined, it defaults to 0
    Dim ar(1) As Worksheet: Set ar(0) = Worksheets(1)   'array with 1 Worksheets object
    ReDim a(3)          'creates an array of 4 elements; indexes 0,1,2,3
        Debug.Print "LB: " & LBound(a) & ", UB: " & UBound(a)   'LB: 0, UB: 3
        Debug.Print UBound(a) - LBound(a)                       '3, array b() is the same
    'even whith "Option Base 1", the following still default to 0
    Dim v As Variant:  v = Split("A B")         'array with 2 items: v(0) = "A", v(1) = "B"
    'UserForm1.ListBox1.List = Array("Test")    'array with 1 item: .List(0,0) = "Test"
    ReDim a(0 To 3)     'creates an array of 4 elements; indexes 0,1,2,3
    a(0) = 1:   a(1) = 2:   a(2) = 3    'a(3) defaults to 0
        Debug.Print "LB: " & LBound(a) & ", UB: " & UBound(a)   'LB: 0, UB: 3
        Debug.Print UBound(a) - LBound(a)                       '3; offset index by -1
    ReDim a(1 To 3)     'creates an array of 3 elements; indexes 1,2,3
    a(1) = 1:   a(2) = 2:   a(3) = 3
        Debug.Print "LB: " & LBound(a) & ", UB: " & UBound(a)   'LB: 1, UB: 3
        Debug.Print UBound(a) - LBound(a)                       '2; offset count by +1
    ReDim a(5 To 7)     'creates an array of 3 elements; indexes 5,6,7
    a(5) = 1:   a(6) = 2:   a(7) = 3
        Debug.Print "LB: " & LBound(a) & ", UB: " & UBound(a)   'LB: 5, UB: 7
        Debug.Print UBound(a) - LBound(a)                       '2; offset count by +1
    ReDim a(-3 To -1)   'creates an array of 3 elements; indexes -3,-2,-1
    a(-3) = 1:  a(-2) = 2:  a(-1) = 3
        Debug.Print "LB: " & LBound(a) & ", UB: " & UBound(a)   'LB: -3, UB: -1
        Debug.Print UBound(a) - LBound(a)                       '2; offset count by +1
End Sub
Public Sub vbsDictionaries()
    Dim d As Object         'not indexed (similar to linked lists)
    Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")    'native to VB Script, not VBA
    d.Add Key:="a", Item:=1 'index is based on Key (a, b, c)
    d.Add Key:="b", Item:=2
    d.Add Key:="c", Item:=3
    Debug.Print d.Count     '3; Keys: a,b,c, Items: 1,2,3
    Debug.Print d(1)        'output is empty ("") - adds new element: Key:="1", Item:=""
    Debug.Print d.Count     '4; Keys: a,b,c,1, Items: 1,2,3,Empty
    Debug.Print d("a")      '1
    Debug.Print d(1)        'output is Empty ("") from element with Key:="1"
    'd.Add Key:="b", Item:=2        'attempt to add existing element: Key:="b" - Error
    'd.Keys  - 0-based array (not available for Collections)
    'd.Items - 0-based array (not available for Collections)
    d.Remove d.Keys()(1)            'remove element Item:=2 (Key:="b")
        Debug.Print d.Count         '3; Keys: a,c,1, Items: 1,3,""
    d.Remove d.Items()(0)           'remove Items element 0 (Key:="1", Item:="")
        Debug.Print d.Count         '2; Keys: a,c, Items: 1,3
    d.Remove "c"                    'remove element Key:="c" (Item:=3)
        Debug.Print d.Count         '1; Keys: a, Items: 1
    d.Add Key:="c", Item:=3
        Debug.Print d.Count         '2; Keys: a,c, Items: 1,3
    'd.Remove d.Items()(0)          'invalid
    Debug.Print d.Items()(d.Count - 1)  '3
    d.Remove d.Keys()(d.Count - 1)  'remove last element; access last Key by Key
        Debug.Print d.Count         '1; Keys: a, Items: 1
    Debug.Print d.Exists("a")       'True (not available for Collections)
    Debug.Print d.Exists(2)         'False
End Sub
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